Chalkboard Fall/Winter 2007 - School of Education - Indiana University

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Chris Meyer
cation by considering the development
of a math education research database.
Frank Lester, professor of mathematics
education, has edited The Second
Handbook of Research on Mathematics
Teaching and Learning, published by the
NCTM. The organization calls the new
handbook an update to the original
handbook published in 1992. Lester
said the new compilation “picks up
where the 1992 handbook left off.”
Fifty-eight researchers contribute to a
31-chapter volume, addressing pressing
contemporary issues including assessment
of mathematics teachers, and the
impact of curriculum, culture, and race
on student learning.
Luise McCarty, associate professor in
philosophy of education, is spending the
fall 2007 semester as a visiting research
scholar at Hiroshima University in Japan.
The Department of Learning Science
in the Graduate School of Education at
Hiroshima University invited McCarty to
come from late August until late December.
McCarty’s research during her time
in Japan is titled “Aesthetics and Learning
— From the Viewpoints of Wittgenstein
and Gadamer.”
The international Association for
Education Communications and Technology
has elected Charles Reigelulth,
professor in the
Department of
Instructional
Systems Technology,
to an officer
position in one
of the association’s
10 divisions. AECT
is the oldest
Charles Reigelulth professional organization
focusing on the use of technology
in teaching and learning. Members
work toward improving instruction
through technology.
John J. Patrick, professor emeritus
of social studies education, gave the
first-ever Claude Moore Lecture at James
Madison’s Montpelier in Orange, Va., to
mark Constitution Day on Sept. 17. His
Chuck Carney
Gary Ingersoll, professor in the Department
of Counseling and Education
Psychology, will serve on the National
Council for Accreditation of Teacher
Education’s Unit Advisory Board. The
board determines the accreditation status
of professional education units during
twice-yearly meetings.
The Teacher Education Accreditation
Council has elected Jillian Kinzie,
associate director for the Center for
Postsecondary Research and NSSE
Institute, to its board of directors.
Founded in 1997, TEAC is a nonprofit
organization dedicated to improving
academic degree programs for professional
educators — those who will teach
and lead in schools — pre-K through
grade 12. TEAC’s goal is to support the
preparation of competent, caring, and
qualified professional educators.
David Kinman, former assistant
dean and professor emeritus, has been
declared a “Distinguished Citizen” by
Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels. Indiana
Schools Superintendent Suellen Reed
also presented Kinman with a Bellringer
Award upon his retirement last spring.
Reed particularly noted appreciation for
Kinman’s six years of service on the Professional
Standards Board.
George Kuh, Chancellor’s Professor
of Higher Education and the director of
the Center for Postsecondary Research,
gave the commencement address at
Winthrop University in Rock Hill, S.C.,
in May. Kuh advised the nearly 600
graduates that they must keep learning
throughout the rest of their lives. He
told them they’ll likely have to reinvent
themselves and their jobs many times.
The National Council of Teachers of
Mathematics has named Diana Lambdin,
Martha Lea and Bill Armstrong
Professor of Teacher Education and
professor of mathematics education,
to a task force emphasizing “access to
research.” NCTM President Francis Fennell
said Lambdin will be part of a task
force developing a plan to increase the
breadth of research in mathematics eduspeech,
titled “The
Constitution and
Education for Citizenship
in America,”
came during
ceremonies at the
home of James
Madison, considered
the father of
John J. Patrick
the Constitution
because the document is based on the
constitution of Virginia he composed.
Patrick is the author of Understanding
Democracy and The Pursuit of Justice:
Supreme Court Decisions that Shaped
America, as well as seven other in-print
books regarding governmental institutions.
During his time as a faculty member
at IU, from 1967 to 2004, Patrick
spent eight years as the director of IU’s
Social Studies Development Center and
of the ERIC Clearinghouse on Social
Studies/Social Science Education.
The American Chemical Society will
present Dorothy Gabel, professor
emeritus of science
education, with
one of its national
awards. The ACS
will honor Gabel
with the Achievement
in Research
for the Teaching
and Learning of
Chemistry Award,
Dorothy Gabel
which includes a $5,000 prize. The
award honors educators and researchers
who contribute significantly to the
field and improve chemistry education.
The organization will bring Gabel to
the 235th ACS national meeting in New
Orleans on April 8. Gabel is the author
of several textbooks and developed the
Introduction to Scientific Inquiry course
at the School of Education. She is now
working with schools on developing
science programs.
Chuck Carney
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